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2023-04-10T18:21:39+01:00

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Did Not Our Hearts Burn Within Us?

Last updated on: April 10, 2023 at 6:21 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

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I love the account of the conversation between Jesus and two disciples on the road to Emmaus. They were kept from recognising him and were yet to believe that Christ had risen, so Jesus took the opportunity to build their faith. Luke 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. The very words of scripture house a kind of strengthening power that goes beyond comprehension.... Read more

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2023-04-10T00:26:41+01:00

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Among the Scoffers?

Last updated on: April 10, 2023 at 12:26 am By Duncan Edward Pile

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In the church of my youth, there was a commonly shared assumption that if any one of us had been present at the crucifixion of Jesus, we would have been jeering along with the crowd. This idea was captured in the words of a popular worship song/hymn, How Deep the Father’s Love for Us (by Stuart Townend), which contains the verse: Behold the man upon a cross My sin upon His shoulders Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice Call... Read more

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2023-04-09T23:29:07+01:00

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The Trap of Easter Tradition

Last updated on: April 9, 2023 at 11:29 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

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I’m not a lover of tradition. The school I attended in my youth was all gowns, mortar boards, titles, oak panelling, Latin mottos, and a penchant for male self-regard. I hated all that. It felt like a language I couldn’t speak, and as an individual I responded to warmth and informality instead. This is still my nature today. As an employee of a youth charity, I can say with complete certainty that not a single child or young person in... Read more

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2023-03-19T01:12:18+00:00

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The Sin of Exclusion

Last updated on: March 19, 2023 at 1:12 am By Duncan Edward Pile

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Inclusion is a high bar, asking each of us to accept a degree of discomfort when welcoming an inconvenient person. It’s a hard and sacrificial choice that is very rarely the modus operandi among social groups, which tend to form around commonality and avoid difference. Jesus addressed the issue in Luke 6:32-33 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those... Read more

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2023-03-12T18:46:52+00:00

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Which Mountain Do You Stand Upon?

Last updated on: March 12, 2023 at 6:46 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

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It’s all too easy to confuse covenants, mixing Law with grace – so much so that Paul dedicated a considerable proportion of his writings to the topic, trying to clarify the crucial distinctions between the Old and New Covenants. In his second letter to Timothy, Paul uses a helpful phrase to describe the theological process of sound Bible teachers. 2 Tim 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be... Read more

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2023-03-08T20:30:59+00:00

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Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Freedom

Last updated on: March 8, 2023 at 8:30 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

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In early 1997 I was staying in Cebu City, Philippines, serving as a missionary. Cebu is the second largest metropolis in the country, and a place of extreme poverty. Toddlers played naked in the sewage, which ran freely down the streets near the port. A stinking, sluggish river snaked through the slum, and all around it were makeshift tin and tree fibre shelters, stacked perilously atop each other on the steep, muddy banks. Some friends and I went to... Read more

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2023-02-28T19:22:34+00:00

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Rethinking Being in Christ – Continue to Seek the Lord

Last updated on: February 28, 2023 at 7:22 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

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Last time, I looked at what the Bible says it means to be in Christ – the great exchange of his righteousness for ours, and all the blessings that become our birth right when we receive Christ, including peace and joy, freedom from habits that harm ourselves and others, the gift of the Holy Spirit, adoption into God’s family, the guarantee of the glories of Heaven, and access to the unlimited love and power of Christ, who dwells in us.... Read more

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2023-02-26T18:37:37+00:00

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Rethinking Being in Christ

Last updated on: February 26, 2023 at 6:37 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

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Being ‘in Christ’ is one of those doctrines denominational groups interpret in different ways. It wasn’t a core teaching of the church of my youth, which focussed more on being a sinner than a life of spiritual empowerment, but it is an absolute tenet of other movements I’ve been a part of. In some it was taken too far, in my view, but more of that later. How we interpret being in Christ depends on our view of what... Read more

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2023-02-22T12:12:24+00:00

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Politicising the Asbury Revival

Last updated on: February 22, 2023 at 12:12 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

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God is good, all the time, but human beings have an unerring tendency to mess things up. The purpose of this post is to warn against politicising the current renewal – the most likely way for the Asbury Revival to get side-tracked. The internet can be a depressing place sometimes. Instead of celebrating the blessing of God, an increasing number of voices are starting to make the most predictable claims. In this case, Right and Left along with Evangelicals... Read more

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2023-02-22T12:11:19+00:00

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Don’t Judge the Asbury Revival

Last updated on: February 22, 2023 at 12:11 pm By Duncan Edward Pile

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It is tempting to reframe the Asbury Revival in ways that are palatable to one’s existing viewpoint on the things of the Spirit, worship, and everything connected. The purpose of this article is to call for humility and integrity in response. Recent events might not fit comfortably in your box, but then maybe your box is too small. Personally, I am overjoyed by what is happening in Lexington – I’ve been prophesying, writing about, and praying for this for... Read more

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